E2B - Brent Gregory | Accounting & Making the World a Better Place

Brent and I discuss Accounting and its role in society, touching on COVID-19. We than walk through his career, with a slight divergence to discuss the Earle Page College Coast Run, that has now was over half a million dollars for the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI). 00:00:45 - What inspired a career in Accounting? 00:07:00 - Impact of COVID-19 on our Economy. Are we valuing the right things? 00:18:15 -  Accounting research - Sustainability. 00:27:20 - Researching student outcomes - a holistic approach. 00:32:10 - "Student DNA" 00:35:35 - Career - Postmaster General - Things learnt on the job. 00:55:02 - Starting a movement - The Earle Page College Coast Run 01:10:17 - Post-Sydney/Uni Career - Applied research 01:16:35 - Time off - working online 01:18:05 - The inspiration to become an Academic 01:19:15 - PhD idea "How the Capitalist system is failing society" - Why this PhD got stopped - "Elephant in the (University) room" 01:21:45 - Research for the students. Applied research in teaching. 01:23:54 - The RENT model - Recording, Environment, Needs, Teams 01:28:25 - Scalable "personalisation" of teaching. 01:30:00 - Next episode information SMArt - "Time to Unwind" by Kasimir Gregory